A Rosedale pastor is asking Baltimore County to reconsider new and increased fees charged to his church that were attached to his recent property tax bill.

Father Donald Grzymski at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Church in Rosedale said he worries he may have to cut services provided by the church to pay the bills. The issue for the pastor is how to stretch the church budget. He said, right now, most of a Sunday collection will go to pay the new and increased fees.

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The church may be able to handle it this year, but the pastor said he is extremely worried about the next.

Grzymski said the church faces a new financial reality amid an already tight budget. He said he wonders how to pay all the bills while continuing to serve community needs because his concern centers on the increases in state and local fees.

The latest bill from Baltimore County includes the new stormwater fee also known as the rain tax.

"We knew it was going to go up, but it was up more than we thought," Grzymski said.

The fee is for impervious surfaces such as St. Clement's parking lot, building roof line, driveways and private roadways. That's expected to cost the church nearly $1,700. The Chesapeake Bay restoration fee jumps from $360 to $720, but the largest increase comes from the sewer service fee, which rises from $1,800 to $5,100.

"All of them together was kind of a shock. You worry about it and say, 'How can I pay for this? How is it going to impact the parish? Where are we going to find the money for it? What are we going to have to cut out?'" Grzymski said.

The WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team checked with Baltimore County about the rate increases. Vincent Gardina, the director of environmental protection and sustainability, checked on the stormwater fee charged to the church and said the bill is correct.

"They have 49,000 square feet of impervious surface area. It's based on the rate of $20 per 2,000 square feet. They have no stormwater treatment in place. The total bill is $1,691 per year," Gardina said.

Gardina said the county has tried to make this fee as low as possible for institutions and nonprofits.

"We have one of the lowest nonprofit rates in the state. We realize nonprofits have limited resources, but they also contribute significantly to the pollutant load. If we don't charge them, we have to charge residences or businesses more," Gardina said.

The church could remove part of its parking lot or install a system that collects and treats stormwater as it flows off the buildings and the parking lot, officials said, but both options are expensive.